Emerging Reader?
Emerging Reader?
Hello, I have a 5 and a half year old who is just finishing up on her phonics. She can read, but she doesn't have a big interest in doing so. I think she still likes me to read to her most of all. I am wondering if I should get the emerging readers set next or just continue to read to her. I don't want to push her into reading and make her hate it, but I don't want her to get rusty with it either. We did buy some Clifford early readers that she does like, but thats not encouraging her to want to read on her own. How do I progress with her, without pushing her? Is asking her to read for about 5 to 10 minutes a day good enough? She can read between a 1st and 2nd grade level I believe. Thanks Jennifer
Re: Emerging Reader?
My daughter is just about exactly like how you describe your daughter! I have decided to wait on the emerging readers for my dd. I know she's just not ready yet, and I feel no need to push her. I also want her to LOVE to read. 
This is what I have been doing with my dd...
1) I read a loud quite a bit to her each day.
2) She LOVES the computer so I let her "play" around on Starfall.com and I also bought a one year subscription to ETC online (for $35 from homeschool buyers co-op). I let her alternate between these sites every other day. I let her "play" for about a half hour at a time... she would actually go longer if I would let her!
3) She loves some of her younger sisters "Board Books"... you know, the cute baby books with one or two sentences on each page. Well, she picks them up, and the next thing I know, she is reading them! I never ask her to read these, I just "happen" to have them laying all around.
4) She has made some of her own books. I write a simple sentence on each page and then she reads it and illustrates the picture. She has made several of these over the past few months and every now and then I will pull one out and have her read it to me. We still create new books every so often too. She likes these because they are "her" books.
5) I play games with her using just one or two words at a time. So, we might play memory and when she flips over the words she only has to read the two words that she flips over... not an entire sentence! Also, we play games where we make up words.
HTH... I would say just do anything and everything that you can think of to have fun with words!! She doesn't have to be reading books or doing a phonics program to advance her reading skills.
This is what I have been doing with my dd...1) I read a loud quite a bit to her each day.
2) She LOVES the computer so I let her "play" around on Starfall.com and I also bought a one year subscription to ETC online (for $35 from homeschool buyers co-op). I let her alternate between these sites every other day. I let her "play" for about a half hour at a time... she would actually go longer if I would let her!
3) She loves some of her younger sisters "Board Books"... you know, the cute baby books with one or two sentences on each page. Well, she picks them up, and the next thing I know, she is reading them! I never ask her to read these, I just "happen" to have them laying all around.
4) She has made some of her own books. I write a simple sentence on each page and then she reads it and illustrates the picture. She has made several of these over the past few months and every now and then I will pull one out and have her read it to me. We still create new books every so often too. She likes these because they are "her" books.
5) I play games with her using just one or two words at a time. So, we might play memory and when she flips over the words she only has to read the two words that she flips over... not an entire sentence! Also, we play games where we make up words.
HTH... I would say just do anything and everything that you can think of to have fun with words!! She doesn't have to be reading books or doing a phonics program to advance her reading skills.
Laurie:
Wife to Daniel since June 2002
Mom to: Odessa (5) using LHFHG and Emerging Readers from BLHFHG,
Sophie (3), Nadia (2), and Elliana (newborn)
Wife to Daniel since June 2002
Mom to: Odessa (5) using LHFHG and Emerging Readers from BLHFHG,
Sophie (3), Nadia (2), and Elliana (newborn)
Re: Emerging Reader?
While I don't like to do a lot of incentive chart things and would rather my ds just read for the love-of-reading-sake, we did set up a simple incentive for him. He was working through the emerging reader set slowly. He needed (and still needs) more practice. After every book he read on his own, he put a sticker on a piece of paper. After a certain amount of stickers, we went out as a family, and he could pick a prize to buy. He needed this external reward because reading at his level was a lot of hard work. I went this route because he really needs the practice. As his reading has improved, he is beginning to enjoy what it feels like to be a reader. He still has to decode a lot, so he's not independent yet, but it is coming. With fluency and increased comprehension comes enjoyment. At that point, we'll drop the sticker chart.
I will say that the emerging reader set moves quickly. We had to take a break from it after Amelia Bedelia and read other easy reader books. We are now working through the Nature Reader. I take two days to complete one reading assignment. He reads alone, out loud and then rereads it to me. We do that for two days. On the second day, I ask the comprehension questions. This seems to be working well because he gains fluency and confidence by the fourth time that he has read the passage. Then we move on to another selection.
hth,
Laura
I will say that the emerging reader set moves quickly. We had to take a break from it after Amelia Bedelia and read other easy reader books. We are now working through the Nature Reader. I take two days to complete one reading assignment. He reads alone, out loud and then rereads it to me. We do that for two days. On the second day, I ask the comprehension questions. This seems to be working well because he gains fluency and confidence by the fourth time that he has read the passage. Then we move on to another selection.
hth,
Laura
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Ds(15) - using WG and loving it!
Dd(11) - using Res.to Ref and having a blast!
Ds (3) - our joy!
Two little ones in the arms of Jesus - I can't wait to hold you in Heaven!
Re: Emerging Reader?
novagirl,
One thing that varies quite a bit from one phonics program to another is how far the program actually goes through phonics. For example, Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons, pretty much drops the child off with a gap to fill in phonics before the child is ready for the Emerging Reader's Set.
Other programs such as LLATL, ABeka, MFW, and BJU take 2 years to cover phonics. So, depending on your phonics program (and especially if your daughter's at the Clifford level of reading), you most likely need to finish a complete treatment of phonics before moving into the Emerging Reader's Set. Often moms coming from a different phonics program, opt to use either The Reading Lesson or Reading Made Easy to complete their phonics instruction (as both of those programs go up to a beginning 2nd grade phonics level).
Blessings,
Carrie
One thing that varies quite a bit from one phonics program to another is how far the program actually goes through phonics.
For example, Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons, pretty much drops the child off with a gap to fill in phonics before the child is ready for the Emerging Reader's Set. Other programs such as LLATL, ABeka, MFW, and BJU take 2 years to cover phonics. So, depending on your phonics program (and especially if your daughter's at the Clifford level of reading), you most likely need to finish a complete treatment of phonics before moving into the Emerging Reader's Set. Often moms coming from a different phonics program, opt to use either The Reading Lesson or Reading Made Easy to complete their phonics instruction (as both of those programs go up to a beginning 2nd grade phonics level).
Blessings,
Carrie